iFLYTEK Recognized for Advancing Social Good through AI at the 2024 Fortune China ESG Impact List

Fortune Magazine released the 2024 Fortune China ESG Impact List on May 13, and iFLYTEK was selected. It is reported that since 2022, Fortune Magazine has released the “Fortune China ESG Impact List” for three consecutive years, which has received widespread attention and recognition from all sectors of society.

iFLYTEK, selected for this list, has consistently upheld the mission of “building a better world with AI”. The company actively integrates its technological capabilities into public welfare endeavors, charting a unique path towards ESG and social responsibility. Through AI, it brings warmth to society and empowers sustainable development.

Embracing Green Development

Using AI Ecosystem to Safeguard the Dual Carbon Goals

IFLYTEK has always emphasized the importance of AI and big data in areas such as carbon reduction and green finance, contributing to the construction of a low-carbon and environmentally friendly ecosystem.

To address the industry's need to meet carbon neutrality and peak carbon emissions targets, iFLYTEK has launched the AI Energy-Saving Super Brain software and hardware integrated solution. For instance, the “AI Energy-Saving Super Brain” specifically designed for carrier base station rooms can achieve energy savings of 20% to 40%. Based on pilot project estimates, if this system is adopted in all 6 million base station rooms nationwide by 2030, it could save 42 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, reducing carbon emissions by 32 million tons.

At the 2022 iFLYTEK Global 1024 Developer Festival, the company, in collaboration with the conference's carbon neutrality strategic partner, utilized the SaaS platform's carbon footprint calculation feature. This enabled the precise calculation and offsetting of the conference's greenhouse gas emissions. The efforts earned certification from TÜV Rheinland Germany, making the event the first-ever zero-carbon conference.

iFLYTEK AI Open Platform has unveiled its Smart Environmental Protection Initiative, encompassing over ten categories of environmental solutions. These solutions span a wide range of applications, including ecological monitoring, pollution big data, and dust monitoring. The initiative aims to promote the application of environmental technology, support the development of smart environmental protection, and empower developers to effectively utilize AI technologies.

Creating Social Value: Using AI to Spread Love and Illuminate Everyday Life

iFLYTEK has long been a champion for using technology to expand the boundaries of public welfare. Driven by a deep commitment to addressing societal needs and creating social value, it uses its AI solutions to spread love.

It uses AI to deliver accessible primary diagnosis and treatment. iFLYTEK 's “General Practice CDSS” has helped frontline healthcare workers across China with over 740 million AI-assisted diagnostic suggestions, the standardization of more than 280 million electronic medical records and the correction of over 1.3 million diagnoses, significantly reducing the risk of misdiagnosis, missed diagnoses, and unreasonable medication use among primary care providers.

The General Practice CDSS telephone robot significantly enhances the efficiency of follow-up visits conducted by family doctors.

It uses AI to bridge the communication gap for people with hearing and visual impairments. iFLYTEK employs AI to enable individuals with hearing and visual impairments to communicate without barriers. Deepting has offered over 100 million minutes of free tranion services to the hearing impaired community. The iFLYTEK Open Platform delivers over 50 million AI services daily to the visually and hearing impaired community, empowering developers to create 29,000 accessibility applications.

Hearing-impaired individuals communicate using Deepting

It uses AI to foster stable employment and drive rural revitalization. By establishing smart employment workshops in Dafang County, Guizhou Province, and other regions, iFLYTEK directly addresses the need for stable jobs, which in turn stimulates industrial development in these communities. Recognized as a model case by the former State Council Poverty Alleviation Office’s training class, iFLYTEK 's innovative approach, often referred to as “blood-making”, has played a crucial role in revitalizing rural areas.

It uses AI to revitalize dialects for cultural inheritance. In 2017, iFLYTEK Input Method launched the “Dialect Protection Plan” to work with users to build a Chinese dialect database. So far, iFLYTEK Input Method can support voice input for 26 dialects and 5 ethnic languages, and translation for 2 dialects.

“Gold-thread Garments” series of public welfare short films employs innovative dialect expression to rekindle young people's passion for traditional culture.

It uses AI to foster seamless multilingual communication at global events. As the official exclusive automated speech conversion and translation service provider for major international sporting events, including the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the FISU World University Games 2023 in Chengdu, and World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, iFLYTEK bridges linguistic divides, enabling people from all corners of the globe to connect effortlessly. In 2023, iFLYTEK spearheaded the launch of the Budapest AI Joint Open Platform, fostering a global ecosystem for multilingual technology and uniting global scientific and technological forces to serve the world community. multilingual technology and uniting global scientific and technological forces to serve the world community. 

iFLYTEK uses AI technology to facilitate multilingual barrier-free communication at global events.

Looking ahead, iFLYTEK remains steadfast in its commitment to empowering all walks of life, elevating the quality of life for all and generating value for its investors with cutting-edge technology. It actively champions public welfare initiatives, recognizing AI's transformative potential in driving positive economic and social change. As a leader in the tech industry, iFLYTEK is dedicated to forging a path for philanthropic endeavors, fulfilling its vision of “technology with empathy, public welfare that touches hearts”.